Thanksgiving Planning

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Learn how to finish whipped sweet potatoes, a traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner recipe, in this free cooking video.

Expert: Lori Schneider
Contact: www.figscatering.com
Bio: Lori Schneider is a chef and owner of Figs Catering in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Drew Noah

Duration : 0:0:48

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What menu items do you have to have for Thanksgiving Dinner? Please share ideas and recipes if possible. I would appreciate your help.

Wow…no one has mentioned a pumpkin pie. It’s a must to squeeze in a small slice (topped with whipped cream)…

***Perfect Pumpkin Pie***

Ingredients
1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin (about 2 cups)
1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie crust

Instructions
HEAT oven to 425°F. Whisk pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, spices and salt in medium bowl until smooth. Pour into crust.
BAKE 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F; bake an additional 35 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted 1-inch from crust comes out clean. Cool. Garnish as desired.

Learn how to add butter and mushrooms for turkey stuffing, a traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner recipe, in this free cooking video.

Expert: Lori Schneider
Contact: www.figscatering.com
Bio: Lori Schneider is a chef and owner of Figs Catering in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Drew Noah

Duration : 0:1:25

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i have my own mash potato recipe but does anyone know what would be a good recipe for thanksgiving?
something that i can cook manually by buying ingredients.
so in other words going and buying ingredients from the store and cooking it myself.

**Sweet Potato Crunch***

3 c. cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. melted butter
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 c. milk
Brown Sugar-Crunch Topping

Combine potatoes, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla and milk; mix well. Turn in greased 2-quart shallow baking dish. Sprinkle with Brown Sugar-Crunch Topping. Bake in 350 degree gas oven 25 minutes or until bubbly. Makes 8 to 10 servings.

BROWN SUGAR-CRUNCH TOPPING:

1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1/4 c. flour
3 tbsp. melted butter
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Combine all ingredients, mixing well.

Learn how to cut bread for turkey stuffing, a traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner recipe, in this free cooking video.

Expert: Lori Schneider
Contact: www.figscatering.com
Bio: Lori Schneider is a chef and owner of Figs Catering in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Drew Noah

Duration : 0:2:3

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My boyfriend has invited me to his families thanksgiving dinner.
I know they will already have all of the major fixings like turkey, vegetables etc
But I would love to bring something as well to show I’m grateful for being invited.
If it’s something I could pick up while I’m driving over that would be even better.
I’ve already asked him if there’s anything in particular I could bring and he just says to bring myself, but I’d love to bring a desert or somethign for the family, any tips?

You could bring your favorite dish, a lot of times different families have different traditions and serve different kinds of food… You could ask your boyfriend "you you usually have so and so" and if he says no then you could make it and share some of your families recipes and traditions…

For example, my family always had butternut squash, turnip and mashed sweet potatoes (along with regular mashed potatoes), and I have been to thanksgiving dinners at the houses of other family members and friends who don’t have those things, which are one of my favorite things about the meal…

Or you could take the easy way out and do a dessert or some wine/cider, you can never have enough pies or alcohol on Thanksgiving!

Learn how to make a decorative edge on the crust of a pumpkin pie, a traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner recipe, in this free cooking video.

Expert: Lori Schneider
Contact: www.figscatering.com
Bio: Lori Schneider is a chef and owner of Figs Catering in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Drew Noah

Duration : 0:1:11

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This is the second thanksgiving that i will have in my own home with my family My wife and I want to make this years very memorable and traditional like our great great great grandparents would of had them any ideas/Recipes in your own family that you would like to pass on to ours?

Go to allrecipes – click on holidays then thanksgiving. .. .

Learn how to oven cook a vegetarian tofurkey in this free video cooking class.

Expert: Lori Schneider
Contact: www.figscatering.com
Bio: Lori Schneider is a chef and owner of Figs Catering in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Drew Noah

Duration : 0:0:38

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It can be a meat casserole, vegetable casserole, dessert, or some type of bread. Oh…and these are kids ages two through five. And, I will choose best answer! THANK YOU!!!

Here’s a really easy dessert that was always a hit with the kids at our Thanksgiving dinners..

Dirt Pudding

13 x 9 inch pan
1 package cream cheese (softened)
2 boxes of instant french vanilla pudding
4 cups of milk to make the pudding
Package of oreos
1 medium sized bowl of cool whip

Put oreos in a food processor to crumble them finely into "dirt." Use half to layer the bottom of a 13×9 inch pan. In a large bowl, Make the french vanilla pudding according to package directions. Mix in softened cream cheese on high speed, until lumps are gone. Stir in cool whip. Pour into pan over the cookie crumbs. Use other half of cookie crumbs on top of the pudding. Chill for one hour. Tell the kids it’s really dirt after they start to eat it, haha.

Another idea is to make spinach dip with king bread. It’s simple and really good. The recipe for the dip is on the back of the Knoll’s vegetable soup mix package. It’s basically just mixing their dry veggie soup with a 16 oz container of sour cream, and 1 cup of mayonaisse, and chilling in the fridge for 2 hrs. I buy the circular sweet Hawaiian King’s bread, cut a circle out of the middle of it and pour the dip into that space. Then voila, excellent pull and eat appetizer with very little effort.